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UN chief for embracing innovations for urban better life
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged all to commit and embrace innovations to ensure a better life for future generations and chart a path towards sustainable, inclusive urban development that benefits all.
Agroecological innovations for sustainable food systems: FAO
The High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) on Food Security and Nutrition (FSN) of the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) released its report on “Agroecological approaches and other innovations for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food…
‘Crash rates for self-driving cars less than conventional car’
By David Shepardson Washington – Self-driving cars are involved in fewer crashes on average than vehicles with a driver behind the wheel, a study released on Friday by the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute shows. The study was commissioned by Alphabet…
The train that powers its own station
Beneath London, a successful five-week experiment in reclaiming waste electricity could save millions of pounds each year — and make Tube riders a whole lot happier in the process.
Portable lamp kills antibiotic-resistant bacteria
Fabíola Ortiz RIO DE JANEIRO- A 24-year-old Brazilian student has created a portable medical lamp that kills antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The inventor, Caio Guimarães, studied electrical engineering at Brazil’s Federal University of Pernambuco. His device consists of a lamp, which emits…
Three computer chemists win Nobel prize
The Nobel Prize in chemistry has gone to three scientists who “took the chemical experiment into cyberspace”.
Artificial sweeteners sabotage weight loss efforts: study
Think you’re saving yourself extra calories by going the artificial sweetener route? New research suggests you’re just setting yourself up to fail.
NASA sends drones to track hurricanes’ secrets
A pair of converted military drones are the US space agency’s newest tools for tracking hurricanes and tropical storms, with the aim of improving forecasters’ ability to predict them. Originally built for military reconnaissance missions around the world, they are…
African fish is fastest-maturing vertebrate
Tiny fish that live in temporary puddles in Africa reach sexual maturity faster than any other animal with a backbone, say scientists.
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Microbes to be ‘last survivors’ on future Earth
The last surviving creatures on Earth will be tiny organisms living deep underground, according to scientists.
Apple, Google, Nokia, and Samsung plan big product launches
September is looming, and although it is notoriously a bad month for stocks in general, it’s a great month for technology stocks. Specifically, it’s the time for companies to show us what they’ve got for the rest of the year—that…
Computer reads letters directly from brain
By Eurasia Review
Harvard finds cholera resistant gene in Bangladesh
Harvard scientists track down people in the Bangladesh capital of Dhaka who are resistant to cholera infections, identifying the genes that protect them.
Tsunami on Sun’s surface !
Two satellites have seen “tsunami” spreading on the surface of the Sun after a release of matter into space called a coronal mass ejection (CME).
Cockatoos can undo complicated Locks
Getting called a birdbrain might not be such an insult after all. A new study published in the journal PLoS One finds that cockatoos, members of the parrot family, can figure out how to break through several complicated locks to…
Kerberos and Styx: New names of Pluto moons
The recently discovered fourth and fifth moons of Pluto now have official names: Kerberos and Styx.
Three super-Earths discovered
Astronomers have discovered three new planets orbiting in the habitable zone around the star Gliese 667C. The habitable zone is where temperatures would allow liquid water to exist.
Supermoon: Gravity Fluctuates on the Moon
The supermoon may loom large and bright in the sky this Sunday, but the rocky orb will not trigger any natural disasters or even wreak havoc on the tides.
Plants have built-in capacity to do maths
Plants have a built-in capacity to do maths, which helps them regulate food reserves at night, research suggests.